229th Chorus

In the ocean there’s a very sad turtle
(Even tho the SS Mainline Fishin Ship
       is reeling in the merit like mad)
Swims longmouthed & sad, looking
        for the Impossible Except Once
        afternoon when the Yoke, Oh,
        the old Buddha Yoke set a-floatin
        is in the water where the turtle raises
        his be-watery snop to the sea
        and the Yoke yokes the Turtle
                a Eternity –
        “Tell me O Bhikkus,
              what are the chances,
                of such a happening,
                for the turtle is old
                and the yoke free,
                and the 7 oceans bigger
                than any we see
                in this tiny party.”
Chances are slender –
       In a million million billion kotis
       Of Aeons and Incalculables, Yes,
       the Turtle will set that Yoke free,
       but till then, harder yet
       are the chances, for a man
       to be reborn a man
       in this Karma earth